Pfaffed vs Faffed - What's the difference?
pfaffed | faffed |
(pfaff)
(British, slang)
* 2004 , Chris Ward, The controversial Sämisch King's Indian , p81
*26 Sep 2005 -- BBC News, England Atlantic slow row coming to end [http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ifs_news/hi/newsid_4283000/4283702.stm?(none)]
(faff)
(British, slang) An unnecessary or over-complicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time.
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(British, slang) To waste time on an unproductive activity.
:She faffed about so much, she never got to eat her breakfast.
As verbs the difference between pfaffed and faffed
is that pfaffed is past tense of pfaff while faffed is past tense of faff.pfaffed
English
Verb
(head)pfaff
English
Verb
(en verb)- By my own admission I pfaffed around a bit here but I'm going to claim that I was merely enjoying the moment!
- Mr Hicks wrote on his website: "At dusk the rudder cable broke
- At dusk the rudder cable broke. "Six hours pfaffing about in the dark and heaving sea saw a fairly unsatisfactory makeshift steering system into place"
faffed
English
Verb
(head)faff
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Noun
(en noun)- Adjusting this television is a bit of a faff .
Life with the Queen Mum revealed", The Guardian
- Breakfast in bed at the royal household is a massive faff . A page boy must carry the tray upstairs, but he's banned from actually serving it. So he leaves it on the floor by the bedroom door, whereupon a housemaid picks it up and knocks on said portal.
Verb
(en verb)- I decided to stop faffing about and get some work done.